मेष
meṣa

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2025-09-30
Primary meaning Aries
Literal translation ram, sheep
Edited by
Aries zodiac sign

आद्यः स्मृतो मेषसमानमूर्तिः कालस्य मूर्धा गदितः पुराणैः।

ādyaḥ smṛto meṣasamānamūrtiḥ kālasya mūrdhā gaditaḥ purāṇaiḥ|

‘The first [sign] (Aries), known to have the form similar to a ram, is said by the ancients to be the head of Time (kāla).’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.4ab

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31. 15

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APA (7th)
मेष (Lemma #6338). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6338/
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@misc{zodiac6338,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {मेष ({Lemma} #6338)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6338/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6338/},
}